I am a young Golden Retriever who was a homeless dog, I was moments away from being killed when I was rescued by Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies (GRRR), given a foster home, then a forever home. I write this blog to inspire other dogs and humans to help find homes for abandoned dogs. My family takes in fosters now and I help homeless dogs find their way to forever homes. Write me at Mogley.retriever@gmail.com

Thursday, April 28, 2011

As you know from reading this blog, it is so canine centric that you would think dogs had minds. Mini Cat and I like to sit on the computer, it is always warm. When I took over the computer this morning, my intent was to shed on the keyboard or perhaps cough up a hairball or two, but when I moved the mouse and the screen came on, I figured "Why Not?"

My name is Buddy Cat. Since I am a rescue too, I don't know why I can't get a little blog time in as well. Mini Cat and I are in charge of day to day activities in the house. With three large dogs, you may think that they run things, but nooo. Cats Rule! Any dog that forgets that Cats Rule, is quickly reminded of it. Why do you think Mother Nature put those big fat, tender pink targets on the end of a dogs face? It is part of her grand plan, Cats Rule. Those things they call noses are really just "Stop Buttons" on a dog. One quick flick with the claws and the dog stops! They are so convenient and so easy to use. Mother Nature was so good at planning ahead. Mini Cat is much better at it than I am, she is fast and her claws are sharp. When a new foster dog arrives at our house Mini sits in the center of the floor and dares them to try it!

It is all part of the grand plan to move dogs out of the house. Mini and I certify foster dogs as Cat Safe, so that when they do go up on the web site, they are much more adoptable. This means they leave our house quickly and we don't have to be bothered with all the slobber. If a foster is not Cat Safe when they arrive, they sure are when they leave.

The dogs have served a useful purpose on a rare occasion. Once when a fox came over the back fence to chase Mini for lunch, Bella and Mogley came storming out of the house after the fox and turned the tables on her. They almost got the fox before she went back over the fence and disappeared into the park. The dogs also teach courtesy to cats, when a new foster comes in, they show they are not supposed to chase the cats, and in conjunction with the "Stop Button", the new fosters learn very fast.

On Tuesday they took Nala over to the vet for her follow up visit. After her heartworm treatment she was very weak, at first she improved for about 10 days, then she started slowing up again. She was diagnosed with a sore on her rear paw, and a spinal problem. She is now on a heavier pain medication, antibiotics, and she seems to be coming along on it. She is slowly gaining energy again and acting like the real Nala. She still sleeps a lot, but as you can see, so does Bella. Nala needs a bath and grooming very badly, she is shedding in big clumps, but until she is a little stronger we don't want to put her through the wash. So the house smells like old dog, it should smell like old cat, a much better odor.

Buddy Caty

12 comments:

Hi Buddy and Mini,We are so use to seeing Mogley we thought we had the wrong blog for a minute.You guys do great service making sure the fostersare cat approved.Hope the new medication works for Nala and that she feels better and stronger soon.

Heehee! Hi kittehs! When my sister and I came into our house, Mom and Dad had an old Maine Coon who had been declawed (a rescue kitty) who taught us R-E-S-P-C-T! Even though he didn't have claws, he had a wicked right hook, and could thump us pretty good on our snooters - we learned quickly to treat him like the royalty he was. He's gone to his great reward, but like you two, he taught GENERATIONS of doggies how to behave around kittehs.